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UC Leaders Violate True Parents’ Ideals and Directions?

In November 2010, Rev. Joshua Cotter, the Executive Vice President of the Unification Church in America did a nationwide tour with Tongil Foundation Chairman Kook Jin Moon. Joshua Cotter shared the following presentation entitled ‘A Period of Great Transition in History.’ A Period of Great Transition in History presentation

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Lecture by Rev. Cotter on Chun Hwan Kwak and Hyun Jin Nim

Joshua Cotter Nov 2010 Transcript

“our True Parent’s desire that we understand from the providential point of view, and from their perspective what is currently happening in our movement”

“True Parent’s point of view is that Rev. Kwak’s family and Hyun Jin Nim against their wishes took control of UCI (Unification Church International) and other key areas of the providence, beginning with The Washington Times last year 2009.”

Yet according to Tim Elder, this is not something True Parents actually shared as their perspective.

Tim Elder talks about the origin of Rev. Kwak being Satan

“I don’t think its realistic for us to expect that Father’s going to give us the kind of statement that the people asking this question are looking for.”

The question he is referring to is the origin of the lecture content and what True Parents actually said about Rev. Kwak and Hyun Jin Nim.

“But based on our understanding of the Principle, and based on our observation of what Rev. Kwak has been doing it is very clear that he does stand in the position of Satan...”

In other words, based on the belief and perspective of Tim Elder and others (presumably Kook Jin Nim and Mission Foundation staff), Rev. Kwak is in the position of Satan and seemingly Hyun Jin Nim is in the position of fallen Adam. Joshua Cotter states:

“over the last 18 months or so unprecedented challenges have been taking place in our movement; challenges to True Parents authority, challenges to the very existence of our movement”

Persecution from governments, Christianity, and Communism were major challenges to the very existence of our movement. How does Rev. Kwak and Hyun Jin Nim’s actions threaten the existence of our movement? Joshua Cotter states:

“True Parents have asked first of all our worldwide church leadership to educate our families around the world that sadly Rev. Kwak has betrayed them and has taken Hyun Jin Nim with him.”

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“we as True Parents children, blessed families, church leaders, and members must speak up about this and testify about what is going on at this final moment of history.”

Did True Parents ever publicize the betrayal of a disciple or a True child before? Is it the true parental heart do such a thing? Both Tim Elder and Peter Kim shared that True Parents desire is not to speak publicly about their children. Feb 22, 2010; World National Leaders Assembly

“Father and Mother, they don’t want to talk about their children. Just like you, I’m sure most of you are parents of your own too. When your children make small mistakes here and there, do you always want to talk about it in front of your children or in front of other people? No.”

Given that True Parents would not publicly denounce any of their children (or even people like Kim Il Sung who tried to kill Father), would they really ask that church leaders denounce Hyun Jin Nim on their behalf?

Joshua Cotter states:

“Lucifer betrayed God. He coveted the position of God. He thought he could do a better job than God.”

Compare this to what Divine Principle states as the motivation for the fall:

“Lucifer, feeling as though he were receiving less love than he deserved, wanted to grasp the same central position in human society as he enjoyed in the angelic world, as the channel of God's love. This was why he seduced Eve, and this was the motivation of the spiritual fall.” - Exposition of the Divine Principle, Part I, 2.2.1

Joshua Cotter states:

“Forth, multiplying sin, multiplying the criminal act. And fifth, we can say shifting the blame, blaming everyone else for my own sins and own problems.“

Divine Principle states “Sin can be classified into four kinds.” Not five. Shifting blame is not a sin, but a fallen nature resulting from the forth sin of multiplying evil according to David S.C. Kim. http://www.tparents.org/library/unification/Books/Iphck/Iphck-05b.htm. Being the Executive Vice President of the UC in America, Joshua should know this. Was this inserted to justify labeling Rev. Kwak as the fallen archangel? Remember, Joshua states:

“It is True Parents themselves who have asked that this education be given.”

If this is the case, why does this education contradict fundamental truths that Father fought to learn and share with the world? Considering these basic details were overlooked when preparing this lecture, how accurate is this the rest of this lecture? Joshua Cotter states:

“[Rev. Kwak] has failed to love the true children, including Hyun Jin Nim, as True Parents do.”

How is Rev. Kwak guilty of this? Would this label apply to other leaders and members too? Joshua Cotter states:

“[True Parents] invested so many decades, so much tears and sweat and blood into their disciple Rev. Kwak in the archangel position. And at this time after all they’ve been through they’re undergoing – actually God’s situation, God’s heart at the time of the fall, where Lucifer, his great long time friend and servant, the Archangel turned his back on Him and betrayed him at the last moment of history.”

Joshua implies that not only Rev. Kwak, but in fact all blessed families stand in the position of archangel to the True Children who are in the position of God’s children. Divine Principle states in Part I 2.2.1:

“However, after God created human beings as His children, He loved them many times more than He had ever loved Lucifer, whom He had created as His servant.”

The relationship between God and the Archangel is that of master and servant, while God’s relationship with human beings is that of parent and child. God also loved humans more than the Archangel. If what Joshua Cotter stated were true, it would imply that the relationship blessed families have with True Parents is that of master and servant, and that True Parents love their own children more than they do blessed families. Yet this isn’t the case as True Parents have always loved blessed family members, including Rev. Kwak, more than their own children. This is because True Parents view blessed members as their own children along with their physical children. Read Father’s words on attending True Children. http://www.tparents.org/Moon-Books/hc/HC-2-4.htm Hence we call them True Parents, and not True Masters. Joshua Cotter states:

“And at this time after all they’ve been through they’re undergoing – actually God’s situation, God’s heart at the time of the fall, where Lucifer, his great long time friend and servant, the Archangel turned his back on Him and betrayed him at the last moment of history.”

While Rev. Kwak has been Father’s great long time friend, he stands as Father’s child and not as a servant. According to Exposition of Divine Principle, Lucifer is considered to be one of God’s primary servants, but never calls Lucifer God’s friend. Is this Joshua Cotter’s attempt to make Rev. Kwak seem like the Archangel?

Joshua Cotter states:

“Rev Kwak furthermore has been influencing Hyun Jin Nim, the eldest living son of our True Parents on the Earth now, to leave them, to betray them, to leave the family of True Parents and instead become part of the family of Rev. Kwak in the archangel position.”

Does this narrative have any substance, or is it simply another attempt to show how Rev. Kwak is Satan and Hyun Jin Nim is fallen Adam? Joshua Cotter states:

“We can think of this as the last final providence before the establishment of Cheon Il Guk. And what is that? The final providence is that we must protect God and True Parents in their holy and sacred position for eternity, aju? (aju) It is True Parents themselves who have asked that this education be given. Therefore it is my duty and yours to speak out on behalf of True Parents and True Family. As their representatives we, not True Parents but we should be standing on the frontline, as Kook Jin Nim is, as Hyung Jin Nim, and protect our True Parents, do you agree?”

Are God and True Parents concerned about having a holy and sacred position when people around the world are still suffering greatly in the bondage of Satan? Will speaking out and testifying that Hyun Jin Nim is the fallen Adam affirm and protect God and True Parents’ holy and sacred positions? Is this all that is required to usher in a new era known as Cheon Il Guk? Joshua Cotter states:

“Hyung Jin Nim said ‘I choose to serve and follow God and True Parents, not Rev. Kwak. How about you?’”

Hyung Jin Nim could just have easily have said “I choose to serve and follow God and True Parents, not Bo Hi Pak” and all the leaders would have said the same. The implication is that Rev. Kwak is not doing God’s will, but is fallen Lucifer. Joshua Cotter states:

“As Kook Jin Nim would say, there is one unforgivable sin brothers and sisters. God could forgive everything but arrogance, because the sin of arrogance prevents me from coming to God in humility and tears of repentance, and receive His forgiveness. Isn’t it ironic, arrogance is the unforgivable sin and that’s the satanic sin, pride and also leads through that the betrayal of God if we look at the role of the archangel and then the fall of the archangel and the resulting fallen nature we can see clearly what is happening at this time.”

Arrogance is a fallen nature resulting from sin of leaving one’s proper position as David S.C. Kim explains http://www.tparents.org/library/unification/Books/Iphck/Iphck-05b.htm, but is not a sin itself. Furthermore, any fallen nature including arrogance can prevent someone from repenting to God, but since when has God not forgiven anyone in spite of their fallen nature? Why does Joshua Cotter make such a statement? Read or watch the section starting with “If we look at Rev. Kwak’s actions they speak for themselves.” Notice many accusations are leveled against Rev. Kwak have no details or substance, like “He has failed to love the true children,” “his arrogance led him to believe that he, not God and True Parents who were in charge, had a better idea who were in the subject position,” “when he was in the position of managing Tongil group, there is extensive documentation that he deceived God and True Parents, he was the cause of many problems that arose in relation to misuse of public money and to the assets of our movement.” These are some of the many accusations made against Rev. Kwak that are liberally shared with no evidence provided. So how do we know any of this is true? This tour was given in November and we have yet to see any extensive documentation released. Its easy to make accusations that you don’t have to support with evidence. Joshua Cotter states:

“If and when [Hyun Jin Nim] returns he will be unable to stand in a public position. He will find himself in the position of the youngest sibling in True Family.”

This raises a number of questions. What does it mean to stand in a public position? Does it mean that you are merely in charge of an organization, or is it indicative of a heart and lifestyle of attending God and True Parents? Don’t God and True Parents want Hyun Jin Nim to possess such a heart and lifestyle? What kind of people is it that God seeks to work through? How did Father get his ‘public position’? Joshua Cotter states:

“So in this situation, what is our mission? All of us are hear because of our True Parents, including the True Family. Our mission as leaders, as members, as children of our True Parents, members of this church, that we should all now take a stand to protect our True Parents, True Family, and our Unification Church, aju?”

“...and it is by coming out and saying this that we can separate ourselves from Satan, and separation from Satan is of course necessary in order to establish a total unity with God and True Parents.”

In essence, by professing this belief that Rev. Kwak is Satan and Hyun Jin Nim is fallen Adam you gain salvation on some level. This sounds similar to the Christian point of view that you are saved only when you believe in Jesus the same way as Christian theologians do. Is that what Father Moon taught us? Joshua Cotter states:

“If you look at the failure of Ham in the providence of restoration, we should not commit the sin of Ham, who attempted to conceal the facts and that he felt shame about the providence. Some people think even many of our leaders believe that keeping silent about all of this is the best way to go, but it is not. It is clearly not True Parents desire. Keeping silent regarding the involvement of a True Children will not resolve this issue and it will not protect our True Parents, True Family, or our movement. Therefore we are speaking out tonight.”

Ham was not ashamed about the providence. He was ashamed about his father’s nakedness, which he tried to conceal. How does Ham’s sin justify attacking Rev. Kwak and Hyun Jin Nim around the world and in public, making a mockery of our True Parents vision and life work? Joshua states:

“So what is this final hour, this final providence for the establishment of Cheon Il Guk? Simply, education from a principled viewpoint centered on our True Parents. And action. Speaking out and standing for and protecting our True Parents.”

That’s it? All we need to do usher in Cheon Il Guk is tell everyone Rev Kwak is Satan and Hyun Jin Nim is fallen Adam and God will then have a substantial nation to work through to solve humanities problems? Really? When you watch the video, Joshua Cotter’s sermon is very heartfelt and moving. When you think about what he actually said, he contradicts Divine Principle and True Parents ideals and directions again and again for the sake of good propaganda.

1. What is going on with the kook hwang feud? What are the documents? What is the current situation?2. What is going on with the Yoido lawsuit and work stoppage? What are the documents? What is the current situationThank you

We agree these are issues are worth investigating. Collecting credible documentation is a very time intensive process. If you have documentation on either of these issues, please send it our way (mediafire.com preferred.)

you state that a member was excommunicated. Who excommunicated her? Father? one of the True Children? I am not aware that anyone else in the church has the power of excommunication. Or was she just ask to leave. A big diffrence.

The statement that Jocelyn, her family, and all GPYC members were no longer UC members and not allowed on UC premises was made publicly at Sunday service.

The authority of True Parents was invoked, along with Asia Continental Director Dr. Yong. While the church never produced the memo when she requested it in writing, it was clear it was being read off a phone which is how announcements are sent from Phil HQ to each region for Sunday Service.

Is the Unification Church practicing censorship to silence dissent?

We have strong reason to believe that the Unification Church headquarters is systematically censoring and altering the information it shares with membership with ill intent. This is a fundamental violation of trust by the leaders within our spiritual community, and damages our church’s credibility and providential work. Below we have documented three separate instances where the Unification Church has censored its own members who asked questions and shared information that the Unification Church headquarters didn’t like. Censoring of Kyung Hyo Kim On Febrary 22, 2010, presentations by Hyo Yeul Kim (Peter Kim) and Jin Yong Park (Richard Bach) were delivered at the World National Leaders Assembly. Below are the transcripts. Feb 22, 2010; World National Leaders Assembly

Blessed family member Kyung Hyo Kim “felt that some of the speakers [from that meeting] made very unjust and inaccurate statements“ and that as a blessed family it was his “duty and responsibility to rectify such circumstances.” Kyung Hyo Kim shared his questions and concerns with those speakers and other blessed families in a series of letters (below) that were passed along mostly by email. Kyung Hyo Kim Letters

Instead of addressing his questions, UC Vice International President Joon Ho Seuk issued the following memo stating that Kyung Hyo Kim would be sued for one claim he made. April 2, 2010: Warning about irresponsibly spreading rumors through the internet

Of special interest is the clause “if such documents are sent or rumors spread through the internet without confirmation of facts, and bypassing the official channels of the organization and leadership, the World Mission Headquarters and national headquarters of the mission nations will take action to confirm the truth or untruth of such allegations and take any necessary actions against conduct that undermines the order within the organization (regardless of the truth of the allegation).” Kyung Hyo Kim raised issues of false reporting, misuse of money, and falsification of documents, which are serious. Most organizations take allegations of misuse of money, false reporting, and any form of corruption very seriously and objectively investigate such claims made by its leadership or against its leadership, even hiring an independent third party or an ombudsman for such purposes. Since this memo was issued we have seen great zeal in actions taken against conduct that undermines “order within the organization,” but no apparent objective investigative action into alleged wrongdoings. It appears that this memo and subsequent action taken against Kyung Hyo Kim is more of an attempt by church leadership to silence his questions rather than address them. Censoring of Yong Ahn Kwon Yong Ahn Kwon, who was the Boon-bong-wang of Algeria took personal notes from Hoon Dok Hae the morning of November 18, 2010 and shared them with others. Nov. 18, 2010 HDH Notes

It is common for members to take notes during Hoon Dok Hae, as individuals often do for sermons and lectures. While personal notes should not be taken as a full or accurate account of an event, they none the less provide insight into content that was shared. From the perspective of World Mission Dept though, these notes caused a lot of confusion and needed to be refuted. Instead of releasing the Hoon Dok Hae video which would definitively document what was really said, World Mission Dept attacked the credibility of Yong Ahn Kwon and their official account of what was said, Nov 18-20, 2010 WMD Report of HDH

and two weeks later strips Yong Ahn Kwon of his position as a Boon bong wang. Dec. 6, 2010; Dismissal of Boon-bong-wang

This raises a number of questions.

What did Father really say that morning? If World Mission Dept’s account is accurate, releasing the full video of that Hoon Dok Hae would have decisively discredited Yong Ahn Kwon’s account and clarified the situation.

Why would Yong Ahn Kwon risk his reputation and position by lying when there were many other participants at Hoon Dok Hae who were also present and would give a different account?

Why did World Mission Dept take such an aggressive action against Yong Ahn Kwon for sharing what were his personal notes from Hoon Dok Hae? Even if his notes contained errors, it wouldn’t be the first time notes with errors have been shared within our church communities.

Censoring and Excommunication of Jocelyn Remigio and her Family In following letter, Jocelyn Remigio shares her recent experience of being excommunicated from the Unification Church for distributing Global Peace Newsletters. A Great Injustice

Jocelyn’s firsthand account raises some serious questions.

Initially, “Eric and Joy Remigio’s family and all GPYC members are no longer Unification Church members” “based on True Parents direction.” Later, the “direction changed already since Dr. Yong and Michael Zablan reconciled already during the funeral of one UMHQ staff.” If this account is accurate, it indicates that True Parents didn’t actually give the initial direction but the authority of their names were invoked regardless. How common is this practice?

Jocelyn demanded a copy of the memo regarding her excommunication, but none was ever produced. Being excommunicated is a serious matter, but the Philippines church would not provide a written document stating such. Why?

Mrs. Jacy Manabat explained that Jocelyn, her family, and GPYC members were excommunicated because she distributed the Global Peace Newsletter. That sounds like censorship.

#censorship #world mission dept #jin young park #peter kim #excommunication

Possible Censorship of Events and Meetings

We’ve compiled a series of memos and letters that strongly suggest World Mission Department is censoring brothers and sisters whose words and actions could damage the credibility of leaders inside our movement. This is a big deal. It indicates that our leaders fear having their misdeeds exposed, and since truth won’t vindicate them they try to silence anyone who would speak out. If this were not the case, there would be no reason to censor anyone in our church.

Chronology of Events

WMD released a memo requiring TP approval of all meetings.

Hyun Jin Nim released a memo on the same day announcing that GPF would separate from UPF.

First application of guidelines only used to restrict GPF related activities.

WMD issued memo stating Hyun Jin Nim didn’t have WMD permission to speak in Brazil. Also guidelines were altered to give National Leader & Regional President authority to approve meetings and events.

Rev. Shin agreed to let Hyun Jin Nim speak in Brazil.

WMD issued a memo condemning Hyun Jin Nim’s speech in Brazil. His supporters are also banned from speaking.

1. WMD released a memo requiring TP approval of all meetings

November 4, 2009: Guidelines regarding important events hosted by the church or providential organizations ...

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Considering that the church has many thousands of members spread out across most nations, and wants to expand its membership and establish its own nation by 2013, many events and activities will need to be held. Reviewing so many meetings would easily fill the busy schedules of the International President and True Parents. It is possible that these guidelines were designed to be selectively enforced using the authority of True Parents and largely not followed by UC leaders and members. This seems likely considering the fact that these guidelines were issued the same day that Hyun Jin Nim informed UPF leaders that he would continue GPF activities in spite of no longer leading UPF.

2. Hyun Jin Nim released a memo on the same day announcing that GPF would separate from UPF

November 4, 2009: Letter from the UPF Co-Chairman

3. First application of guidelines only used to restrict GPF related activities

As there are no other public memos available that show other instances of these guidelines being enforced, it appears the only time these guidelines are enforced are to stop GPF activities,

March 24, 2010: Establishing and engaging in activities of GPF (or GPFF, GPC, GPA)

or to justify why Hyun Jin Nim can not speak to UC members.

4. WMD issued memo stating Hyun Jin Nim didn’t have WMD permission to speak in Brazil. Also guidelines were altered to give National Leader & Regional President authority to approve meetings and events

May 27, 2010: Regarding Sunday Service and Members Assembly to be held on May 30 at Brazil Headquarters Church

“In the absence of True Parents’ official approval all board directors, leaders, and members of our church (HSAUWC/FFWPU) in Brazil should fully respect and follow the decisions and guidelines of the regional president and national leader.” This memo doesn’t explicitly indicate that True Parents disapproved of Hyun Jin Nim speaking. It also indicates that the regional president and national leader also have authority to decide who can speak at assemblies without True Parents approval, contrary to guidelines previously issued. The following two documents show that the regional president Rev. Dong Mo Shin in fact did agree to let Hyun Jin Nim speak, which apparently would be in his authority to decide.

5. Rev. Shin agreed to let Hyun Jin Nim speak in Brazil

The Reality of the Facts - Mauricio Baldini

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May 31,2010: Clovis's Report

6. WMD issued a memo condemning Hyun Jin Nim’s speech in Brazil. His supporters are also banned from speaking

Yet the following memo contradicts these two first hand accounts:

June 2, 2010: True Parents’ special instructions regarding the right to give sermons or speeches at churche...

Notice, “he sought and was informed of True Parents’ instructions through the World Mission Headquarters. True Parents stated that, without their approval, no one has permission to give a sermon at an official gathering of members.” These are the same guidelines stated in the Nov. 4, 2009 memo, but differ from what was stated in the May 27, 2010 memo. Apparently there is flexibility in how these guidelines are applied. Does Rev. Shin need or get permission for every meeting held in South America, or is he empowered to make those decisions himself as the May 27 memo would indicate? Do local pastors in America or other nations need or get such permission? Shortly after this memo was issued, USA church HQ announced that anyone supporting Hyun Jin Nim would also not be allowed to speak at any public event. This policy seems to be selectively applied to censor and stop certain individuals from having meetings or speaking. Why?

#Hyun Jin Moon #censorship #world mission dept #Dong Mo Shin

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